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Lol you'll soon need to be vaccinated AND tested to go to a restaurant in germany. (Dancing is still illegal btw)
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@lain in us you already need to be taxinated and vested
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@shmibs I'm 100% vested
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@Moon @lain @pingviini @orekix should have both, but end trimp times did have more journalist beatings/maimings/unlawful-arrests than like anywhen combined and he did actively encourage it (and he didn't do anything about the espionage act stuff either
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@pingviini @lain @orekix one thing that stuck out to me was America's freedom of speech rating going down during Trump's term for unspecified reasons while Obama charged journalists and whistleblowers under the Espionage Act.
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@pingviini @lain @orekix ok that was super interesting, I read their latest PDF. I think anything citing this can safely be ignored.
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@Moon @orekix @lain The graphic is just a lazy copy-paste from these guys: https://www.v-dem.netAnd the latest data is six months+ old.
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@orekix @lain what do they consider abuse of democratic values during a pandemic to be? I'm assuming they don't consider violation of informed consent an abuse.
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@lain not germany but I saw a video a few days ago of some anti-lockdown protests in the netherlands and cops were just beating people for the gatheringon the same day theguardian posts this image showing them as one of the most 'democratic' during the pandemic
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@orekix this country is a joke and not a good one
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@lain they only ask for mask here, and not on all of them
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@shmibs @lain @orekix @pingviini in practice people just called journalists bad words
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@Moon @lain @pingviini @orekix in practice hundreds of journalists were beaten up, arrested, had equipment smashed, were shot in the face and lost eyes etc
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@Moon @lain @pingviini @orekix it was hundreds, yes; can see recorded still at press freedom trackerand trimp response to assange and snowden questions was "i think they are bad spies and need to be locked away". like of course he's not "the only person to ever do a bad thing", but freedom-of-speech stuff he did make significantly worse in many ways, including internet stuff (confusing entire country about what 230 does, dump net neutrality, etc
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@shmibs @lain @orekix @pingviini a couple people got hit I don't remember hundreds.
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